APPENDIX 2.10 - Essex

Title page from Google Books (Bodleian Library, Oxford copy)

Photographs have often been taken from websites offering these directories for sale. I apologise that not all are high quality. These will be replaced as soon as I acquire better images.

The Maps

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Essex		1848	ESSEX in title panel with BY J & C WALKER below. – no imprint at GfB, the Colchester Bookshop.
Essex	2nd	1863	WHITE´S RAILWAY & TELEGRAPHIC MAP Of ESSEX Showing all the Railways And Names of Stations ... (Ee). Imprint (below title): Published with THE History, Gazetteer, & Directory. Of Essex. 1863. No signature. Late reissue of Cary 1807: B&B 71.U. Size approx.  48 x 54 cm. Illustrated at Google Books.

Essex 1848 - image copyright GfB - Greyfriars Books - The Colchester Bookshop.

Essex 1863 - image copyright NLS, image taken from Google Books. 

Location of copies

Column 3. Date of first edition (red) and subsequent editions.

Column 4. Notes on title page (or Preface) concerning Price and / or inclusion of maps. Extant copies of the directory in national institutions are then listed (using JISC Discover): Blue bold signifies copy is available on-line (click to access), underlined signifies a map is referred to in the JISC Discover listing for that institute.

Google Books (1848) is a copy held at Bodleian Library Oxford.

Google Books (1863) is a copy held at NLS.

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Essex		1848	In one volume with a map of the county. Price to subscribers only Google books Institute of Historical Research Library University of Cambridge Libraries Victoria and Albert Museum libraries Society of Antiquaries of London Library Senate House Library, University of London University of Essex Library & Cultural Services National Library of Scotland University of Oxford  (2 copies) Society of Antiquaries of London Library Trinity College Dublin The London Library British Library University of Kent University of Leicester Bishopsgate Institute
Essex		1863	In one volume with a map of the county. Price to subscribers only Google books University of Cambridge University of Essex Library & Cultural Services Institute of Historical Research Library University of Leicester National Library of Scotland (with map) University of Oxford Victoria and Albert Museum libraries Trinity College Dublin Society of Antiquaries of London Library British Library

THE MAPS – Maps produced for William White´s county directories

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1. Early Years - William White and Edward Baines
2. William White & Co.
3. Rivalry and Family Feud
4. Francis White & Co.
5. The County Maps of William White
6. William White Co. - Later Years

Appendix 1 - The County Directories of Edward Baines
1.1. Yorkshire
1.2. Lancashire
Appendix 2 - The County Directories of William White
2.1. Durham and Northumberland
2.2 - Cumberland & Westmorland
2.3 - Nottinghamshire
2.4 - Staffordshire
2.5 - Norfolk
2.6 - Yorkshire (later edition)
2.7 - Lincoln
2.8 - Suffolk
2.9 - Leicestershire with Rutland
2.10 - Essex
2.11 - Devonshire
2.12 - Hampshire with Isle of Wight